John VanSickle wrote:

> There's probably a statement elsewhere in the manual like this:
> 
> "Please disregard the seal photo on page n.  Its purpose is to confuse 
> non-Japanese people, and thereby maintain the appearance that foreigners 
> can never truly understand Japan."

Ah, Japan. Home of the strange, and the bizare. Chris Tarrant has held 
up some stunning examples of this. The Simpsons also did a parody that 
was pretty near the mark...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Marge_We_Trust

"Mr. Sparkle is a magnet for foodstuffs...he will banish food particles 
to the land of wind and ghosts".

"a bizarre TV commercial that had 3 women turn into 3 sumo wrestlers."

...need I comment further?

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